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This year, we had both families in town for Christmas. My parents live in Nashville as does my younger brother, and my older brother and his wife drove down from Indiana. Chris’s parents flew in from Arizona, and we were all together for Summer’s first Christmas.
Christmas Eve dinner was carbolicious. My mom and Alice did all the cooking, and I filled my plate with turkey, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, asparagus, and rutabagas. Mmm, I love holiday food.
I skipped the apple pie + ice-cream and fixed myself a bowl of oat bran with nut butter before going to bed. This morning, we woke up and opened gifts. I received several gift certificates, and I cannot wait to go shopping for new clothes! Then we heated up leftovers and enjoyed them with some honeybaked ham. Now it’s time to clean up and put away gifts. Summer received the most gifts out of anyone…and slept through it all. 
Isn’t she so cute?!?
Wishing all of you a very Merry Christmas and best wishes for an amazing 2011 from the HEAB family!
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Summer is so cute!!!!! Looks like ya’ll had a great day!
Merry Christmas!!!!
i need Summers little sleeper about now.. Fun day for you.. mmm turkey.. MC HEAB!
Merry Christmas Heather!
I love that everyone convened in Nashville to see Summer! Saved you from having to drive anywhere, go anywhere, or deal with holiday travel with an infant. Mazel tov to that
And yes, she is super adorable! Glad she scored the most loot of out everyone
And Miss Heather, I notice you are looking beautiful, radiant, trim, healthy…and you have lip gloss on! I love that you are rockin’ the gloss. As a new mom, it’s the little things like shaving your legs, a shower alone, and lip gloss. Well, for me it was
Merry Xmas to you all!!!
Averie,
Those days I shave my legs…heavenly, but few and far between lately. Hope you guys had a wonderful holiday!
Merry Christmas, dear HEAB!! Oh and you & CD crack me up with your comments in my album
VG – we thought you’d like that. Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!! She looks great!
Merry Christmas to you and your wonderful little family!
merry christmas to your beautful family!
She IS so cute!! Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to the HEAB Family! Yay for Summers first christmas! SHe is a doll!!! Have a wonderful night! xoxo
Merry Christmas, Heather! Heard ya’ll got a white Christmas down in Nashville
Summer is beautiful!
Anna,
Yes, less than an inch, but it counts!
Merry Christmas to you all! How fun to have the whole family there!
We’re having our first “home-cooked” ham tonight. I figure I can’t screw that up too bad.
Can’t wait to see what 2011 brings to the HEAB family!
merry christmas, heather, cd, and little summer!
Merry Christmas Heather! CD looks so ecstatic whenever he’s around her-there’s a light in his eyes. She looks perfect as usual
Courtney,
I know, Summer is definitely going to be daddy’s little girl.
Love the striped outfit!!!
You look beautiful HEAB! As does your family.
And – is that Reindeer bootie slippers Summer is wearing??! Too cute!
Merry Christmas to the HEAB family.
You all look cute and so happy Heather!!
So glad your family joined you for Summer’s first Christmas, that is lovely!
Merry Christmas to you all!
Ana
You too Ana. Hope you had a wonderful holiday!
Merry Christmas, Heather, CD, and Summer!
Thanks Evan. Same to you.
Awwwe Summer’s very 1st Christmas!
Summer is such a cutie pie! Merry Christmas HEAB!
Merry Christmas to you and your family Heather!
Merry Christmas Heather!
Glad you had a Merry Christmas Heather!
Gosh, Summer has a full head of hair! So pretty!
Merry Christmas Heather, Chris and Summer!
Blessed Christmas to you, Heather, CD and Summer. HAve a wonderful year ahead!
Merry Christmas, sweet Heather and family! Love her reindeer booties!
Summer just gets cuter every time I see her! Love her elf pjs!! Merry Christmas dear friend! It’s been so fun to watch you grow (literally, for 9 months, I guess but I meant metaphorically) so much this year! You are always an inspiration to me and – this is probably weird to say to someone I only know thru the Internet but by golly I’m going to say it anyhow – I love you!!!
Charlottle,
Love you too!
Hope you and the family had a wonderful Christmas. Hug that little Jelly Bean for me.
*Charlotte, not Charlottle…although that kind of has a nice ring to it.
Oh, Heather, she is beyond adorable!!
Merry Christmas to you, CD, and Summer!!
Merr Christmas, HEAB family!! Summe looks too cute in that Christmas sleeper!
Merry Christmas, HEAB! green bean casserole is my favorite casserole!
Josie,
Mine too. I look forward to it every Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Your baby is too cute!:)
That dinner looks so good- all mushed together! YUM!
I actually ended up skipping dessert too and headed for the veggies and fruit! I was feeling healthy and I ended up not making a GF dessert for me. I just was not feelin the sweets to much. Talk about weird!!!
Oh…and of course..MERRY CHRISTMAS HEATHER to you and your beautiful family!
Same to you Carlee.
Merry Christmas Heather!
Summer is too cute!!!! Looks like a wonderful Christmas!
The first Christmas with baby is sooo special! Summer is adorable, and the whole HEAB family is gorgeous!
Have a wonderful 2011!
Thanks Andrea. You too.
Merry Christmas, guys!!!
Awwww, dear!
Summer’s the cutest and sweetest baby EVER!
(Right after Baby Mig, of course. Gotta represent, haha)
I’m glad you three had a great Christmas day.
Hope you’re having an amazing December 26th, too
xoxo
Merry Christmas to you and your family Heather!
That’s so neat that your whole family got to see Summer’s first Christmas. Summer is adorable and you and CD look so happy! I’m so glad you had a wonderful Christmas and your holiday feast looks great. Merry Christmas!
Ah, glad you had a good Christmas, HEAB
How fun that Summer got to partake on her first holiday– she must’ve LOVED all the attention!
And oat bran with nut butter is definitely my choosing for dessert rather than pie
It would be hard not to buy lots of gifts for a cutie pie like Summer. I’m the same way with my niece. Glad you & the family had a great Xmas. Hope New Year’s is just as good.
You look like such a happy family! Merry Christmas
Awe, such an adorable lil baby!
I am a Hoosier like your brother too!
Happy Holidays~!~!
Amy,
My brother lives in Indianapolis, and I love visiting him there. Such a cool city!
Yep, it’s a cool city Heather! Have a great week
What a blessed year
Happy Christmas
Merry christmas!
she has so much hair already! how cute.
You three look amazing!!! I can’t believe how big she’s getting already!!! Your little candy cane!
Merry Christmas! So great you had a great get-together!
Merry Christmas HEAB!! Summer is quite adorable and you are looking radiant. CD looks nice too.
how nice you were all able to celebrate together:)
Beautiful Family!
Glad you had a wonderful Christmas. Summer looks like you in the carseat picture! Is she going to be a mini-me?
Melanie,
According to my mom she is. She told me Summer looks exactly like I did as a baby.
I love that green bean cassarole! You two and Summer are so cute in that picture together!
AH! cutest lil fam ever! merry (late) christmas, heabs. xoxo
OF COURSE Summer is a cutie! Look at her parents! What do you expect?!
xo.
PRECIOUS! I see Summer shares fashion sense with my youngest niece (Annie, 5 months). Her Christmas outfit had Rudolph toes as well…which FASCINATED her. I had the pleasure of putting together my first Exersaucer this Christmas.
Beautiful pictures, Heather. Hope you had a fabulous Christmas.
Happy Holidays!
I did the same and skipped the traditional Chrismtas indulgences in favor of food fuel that’s good for me. I don’t miss the sweets any more because I feel so much better when I just stick to what works for me. Your plate looks very appealing, lots of food I love – turkey, rutabaga, green asparagus … Drool.